Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.055 · Subchapter C. LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ANNEXATIONS EXEMPTED FROM CONSENT ANNEXATION PROCEDURES
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ANNEXATION EACH YEAR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a calendar year, a municipality may not annex a total area greater than 10 percent of the incorporated area of the municipality as of January 1 of that year, plus any amount of area carried over to that year under Subsection (b). In determining the total area annexed in a calendar year, an area annexed for limited purposes is included, but an annexed area is not included if it is:
(1) annexed at the request of a majority of the qualified voters of the area and the owners of at least 50 percent of the land in the area;
(2) owned by the municipality, a county, the state, or the federal government and used for a public purpose;
(3) annexed at the request of at least a majority of the qualified voters of the area; or
(4) annexed at the request of the owners of the area.
(b) If a municipality fails to annex in a calendar year the entire 10 percent amount permitted under Subsection (a), the municipality may carry over the unused allocation for use in subsequent calendar years.
(c) A municipality carrying over an allocation may not annex in a calendar year a total area greater than 30 percent of the incorporated area of the municipality as of January 1 of that year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(e), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.055. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.062PROCEDURES APPLICABLE.Printed as Sections 43.054, 43.0545, 43.055, and 43.057
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.071AUTHORITY TO ANNEX WATER OR SEWER DISTRICT.Printed as Section 43.055
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.072AUTHORITY TO ANNEX MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 43.055
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0751STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS.Printed as Section 43.055(a)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.101ANNEXATION OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED RESERVOIR.Printed as Section 43.055
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.102ANNEXATION OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED AIRPORT.Printed as Section 43.055
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